Design of a cross-border optical core and access networking field trial: First outcomes of the ACTS-PELICAN project

Berthelon, L; Audouin, O; Bonno, P; Drion, C; Grard, E; Rofidal, O; Martin, CM; Ringoot, E; Van de Voorde, I; Eilenberger, GJ; Raeymaekers, F; Chauvin, J; Hoa, DHB; Morin, M; Qiu, XZ; Vandewege, J; Daeleman, T; Angelopoulos, J; Taille, C

dc.contributor.author	Berthelon, L	en
dc.contributor.author	Audouin, O	en
dc.contributor.author	Bonno, P	en
dc.contributor.author	Drion, C	en
dc.contributor.author	Grard, E	en
dc.contributor.author	Rofidal, O	en
dc.contributor.author	Martin, CM	en
dc.contributor.author	Ringoot, E	en
dc.contributor.author	Van de Voorde, I	en
dc.contributor.author	Eilenberger, GJ	en
dc.contributor.author	Raeymaekers, F	en
dc.contributor.author	Chauvin, J	en
dc.contributor.author	Hoa, DHB	en
dc.contributor.author	Morin, M	en
dc.contributor.author	Qiu, XZ	en
dc.contributor.author	Vandewege, J	en
dc.contributor.author	Daeleman, T	en
dc.contributor.author	Angelopoulos, J	en
dc.contributor.author	Taille, C	en
dc.date.accessioned	2014-03-01T01:49:49Z
dc.date.available	2014-03-01T01:49:49Z
dc.date.issued	2000	en
dc.identifier.issn	0733-8724	en
dc.identifier.uri	https://dspace.lib.ntua.gr/xmlui/handle/123456789/25934
dc.subject	access network	en
dc.subject	core network	en
dc.subject	field trial	en
dc.subject	network management	en
dc.subject	optical networks	en
dc.subject	telecommunication management network	en
dc.subject	wavelength division multiplexing (WDM)	en
dc.subject.classification	Engineering, Electrical & Electronic	en
dc.subject.classification	Optics	en
dc.title	Design of a cross-border optical core and access networking field trial: First outcomes of the ACTS-PELICAN project	en
heal.type	journalArticle	en
heal.language	English	en
heal.publicationDate	2000	en
heal.abstract	A large advanced optical network was assembled and operated in the field, featuring access, metropolitan, and core optical networks with advanced functionality and technology in all parts of the network. It demonstrates the reliability and viability of photonic technologies and management functions in a trial representative of a global network infrastructure. The core network is a transparent all-optical meshed network with wavelength crossconnects partly 2R-regenerating, operating at 2.5 and 10 Gb/s, and supporting various protection schemes including 1 : N shared OCH protection, The metropolitan network is a ring composed of OADMs supporting OMS protection. The interconnection to the SuperPON access network is made through an ATM switch. The ATM-based SuperPON supports a dynamic Medium Access Control (MAC) protocol. For the first time, a 10 Gb/s wavelength-converted connection was demonstrated in the field in a transparent all-optical managed network. The field trial has demonstrated many points of progress as compared to the previous state of the art: cascadability experiments in a real network with reasonable distances and low compensation, various node functions, interworking of various equipment types, new optical protection, and dynamic MAC protocol. The (transport) TMN/Q3 integrated management system played an important role to achieve the network experiments: it allowed us to provision and reconfigure the end-to-end optical paths very quickly (<3 s) from the centralized management platform. This trial is also the first one representative of an advanced global optical network infrastructure including core, metro, and access networks, supporting end-to-end multimedia services. This article reports the project results before the held deployment which took place in April 2000.	en
heal.publisher	IEEE-INST ELECTRICAL ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS INC	en
heal.journalName	JOURNAL OF LIGHTWAVE TECHNOLOGY	en
dc.identifier.isi	ISI:000167438000032	en
dc.identifier.volume	18	en
dc.identifier.issue	12	en
dc.identifier.spage	1939	en
dc.identifier.epage	1954	en